Design for a Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The plan of the bowl resembles a quatrefoil. Below is a round base and a short shaft, with a festoon supported by two cherubim. The lid has, below, moldings and two pediment volutes at the front upon which two angels sit embracing each other, the left one holding in his right hand flower stems. In the center is an onion-shaped cupola with a cross on top. Usual background., Rome, Italy, ca. 1775, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, lined off-white laid paper, plan, bowl resembles, quatrefoil, round base, short shaft, festoon supported, two cherubim, lid, moldings, two pediment volutes, front upon, two angels sit embracing, left, holding, right hand flower stems, center, onion-shaped cupola, cross, top, Usual background, Rome, Italy, ca, 1775, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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